Friday, September 7, 2018

Evening Edition: Trump says Justice Dept. should investigate author of anonymous op-ed

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Trump says Justice Dept. should investigate author of anonymous op-ed
President Trump, citing national security reasons, called on the attorney general to find the author of critical column in the New York Times that depicted a "two-track presidency." Trump also said he is considering legal action against the Times.
Opinion
Nikki Haley writes that anonymous op-ed author has done a disservice to the country
"If I disagree with something and believe it is important enough to raise with the president, I do it. And he listens," said Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. A critical New York Times op-ed written by an unnamed administration official and the media reaction to it "hurt all of us trying to do our jobs for the country," she said.
 
Former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos sentenced to 14 days in plea deal with Mueller probe
Papadopoulos, a once low-profile foreign policy campaign adviser, made an offhand remark in a London bar in 2016 that helped trigger an FBI counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign.
 
 
Trump threatens tariffs on additional $267 billion in Chinese goods
If eventually carried out, the president's latest threat would result in tariffs on all Chinese goods entering the United States, an unprecedented escalation of Trump's trade war with China.
 
Obama, saying Trump is capitalizing on 'fear and anger,' calls on Americans to vote in November
Former president Barack Obama's speech in Illinois is his first act in a wide-ranging effort to turn out Democrats for the midterm elections — without energizing Republicans
 
Former Nixon White House counsel warns of a Supreme Court overly deferential to the president
On the last day of Brett M. Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings, John Dean testified that confirming him will lead to the "most presidential-powers friendly" Supreme Court in the modern age.
 
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Perspective
'Civility' vs. 'hysteria' at the Kavanaugh hearings and what they truly mean
The interruptions from protesters were both a nuisance and reminder that laws affect real people.
 
Through fragments of long-lost lives, lab aims to give military families a measure of peace
The return of presumed remains of service members missing from the Korean War has put a forensic team's mission back in the spotlight.
 
House passes bill that could make deportations of immigrant criminals easier
The bill would restore the federal government's ability to deport immigrants for a wide variety of violent criminal offenses. The vote won quick praise from President Trump.
 
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Analysis
Trump's off-the-cuff comments on Robert Mueller, annotated
During a flight from Montana to North Dakota, reporters asked President Trump whether he planned to sit for an interview with the special counsel. Here are his remarks with context.
 
Florence is predicted to restrengthen and is a hurricane threat to the East Coast
Odds have increased that it will have direct effects on the East Coast starting between Wednesday and Friday next week.
 
Tesla's shares drop after execs resign, video of Elon Musk smoking marijuana circulates
Tesla's chief executive smoked marijuana with comedian Joe Rogan at the end of a 2½-hour interview on "The Joe Rogan Experience," which featured a wide-ranging discussion on topics including artificial intelligence, Musk's technological ambitions and personal hardship.
 
 
Analysis
How the economy has fared since Trump's tax cuts were passed
A look at how employment, wages and stock prices have changed since President Trump signed the bill in December.
 
Perspective
The NFL is back. And it hasn't learned a thing.
The league was desperate to shift the conversation from protests during the national anthem and other weighty subject matter back to the game. But in general, there is no going back in life.
 
Wonkblog | Analysis
Trying to trick yourself into exercising more? Good luck.
Most Americans know they should be exercising more, but less than a quarter of them are getting federally recommended amounts of physical activity each week. Could a nudge help them? Researchers decided to find out.
 
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